Toilet-seat cover.



J. A. 6. POWER.

TOILET SEAT COVER.

APPLICATION FILED Aus.21. 191s.

Patented Sept. 10, 1918.v

JAMES A. G. POWER, OF NEEDLES, CALIFORNIA.

TOILET-SEAT COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented se t. 10, 1918 Application filed August 21, 1916. Serial No. 116,112.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs A. G. POWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Needles, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented a new and useful Toilet-Seat Cover, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a coverffor a toilet seat and the invention aims to provide novel means whereby a flexible casing may be assembled with the seat and be held directly on the seat, the construction being such that the springs which expand the casing and hold the same on the seat, may be removed from the casing, thereby permitting the casing to be washed.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains;

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in perspective, a toilet seat to which the device forming the subjectmatter of this application has been applied;

Fig. 2 is a cross section of a toilet seat to which the device forming the subject matter of this application has been applied;

Fig. 3 is a top plan showing one ofthe expanding springs for the casing;

Fig. 4 is a top plan showing the other of the expanding springs for the casing;

Fig. 5 is a section taken approximately on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 6 is a fragmental perspective view showing a portion of the casing;

Fig. 7 is a top plan showing the casing in place on a seat, parts being broken away.

In the accompanying drawing the numeral 1 indicates a toilet seat of the usual construction, having an opening 2. The numeral 3 designates a casing of-cloth or other material which can be washed,

laundried and rendered thoroughly anti septic, the casing being of double-wall construction. The casing 3 is U-shaped in top plan, and is U-shaped in cross sec; tion to define an upper member 4 and a lower member 5. It is obvious that the casing 3 may be engaged with the seat 1 "about the periphery of the opening 2 therein in a manner which will be understood from Figs. 1 and 2. The casing 3 is provided with openings 6 which may be located as desired. In the present embodiment of the invention, as shown in Fig. 6, the openings 6 are located in one end of the casing 3.

The invention comprises a pair of U-shaped, expansible springs 7 and 10, adapted to be introduced into the casing 3, through the openings 6. The springs 7 and 10 preferably are flat on one side, ,and curved on the other side, as indicated clearly at 8 in Fig. 5, so that the springs will not form an unnecessarily large rib, this observation being particularly true concerning the uppermost spring. The spring 7 "terminates in laterally enlarged curved heads 9, and the spring 10 terminates in laterally enlarged curved heads 11. When the springs are in place within the respective members 4 and 5 of the casing, the casing will be expanded, and will be held tightly in place on the seat 1 about the periphery of the opening 2 therein. The spring 7 is of slightly larger extent than the spring 10, because the part 4 of-the casing 3 covers practically the entire top of the seat 1, the

part 5 being extended but part way acrossthe bottom of the seat. The curved heads 11 and 9 of the springs 10 and 7 respectively, cooperate with the corners 12 at the ends of the casing 3. The heads enhance the hold of the springs 10 and 7 on the seat 1 and prevent the casing 3 from being wrinkled at its ends.

Because two springs are employed, each ilpring being independent of the other, the

exible casing 3 is made to conform readily to the opening 2, irrespective of the contour of the opening, and it is unnecessary to bend or shape the springs, as is the case when both springs are joined together.

The casing 3 may be removed at any time and be washed and sterilized. It is to be observed that no portions of the springs come into contact with the seat 1, and consequently the seat is not scratched or marred. lhe springs are invisible, When the device is in use.

The constituent Walls of the upper part i of the casing may be stitched together along a line 50 .to form separate compartments for the springs.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A cover for a toilet seat, comprising e flexible casing which is U-shaped in top plan, and U-shaped in cross section to define upper and lower members; and independent,

emeei expensible li -shaped springs in the upper and lower members, the cover having an 15 opening or openings through which the springs may be removed separately by an endwise movement,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto effixed my signe- 20 ture in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES A. G. POWER.

Witnesses:

E. BAKER, F. M. KELLY. 

